NEW YORK, July 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated sediment and surface water at the Quanta Resources Superfund site in Edgewater, New Jersey to October 6, 2023. EPA held a public meeting at the Edgewater Community Center on July 25, 2023, to explain the new cleanup proposal to the public. The cleanup outlined in th  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing nearly $55 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital tools and services to support students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from the third application window, benefitting approximately 115,000 students   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye is proposing to reform three practices of ocean carriers and marine terminal operators at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the Port of New York and New Jersey that relate to container returns, earliest return date, and container pickup (notice of availability). This initiative builds on over ten years of work by Commissioner Dye with Fac  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Oklahoma to participating in a massive international scheme to make millions of dollars by selling pirated business telephone system software licenses. The entire scheme allegedly resulted in the sale of software licenses with a retail value of over $88 million. According to court documents, Jason M. Hines, aka Joe Brown, aka  more

JOINT BASE-MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, July 26 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Highlighting the difference of others and welcoming them into the workplace, the LGBTQ+A Action Team at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst held a panel discussion on July 19 recognizing pride month in June while reinforcing the importance of people from all groups feeling a sense of pride all year. Panelists at the event included Cmdr. Emily "Hawking"  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 24, 2023: A Union County man who previously served as a staff member in the New Jersey Senate was sentenced today to eight months of home confinement and three years of probation for his role in a conspiracy to falsely inflate the invoices that a political consultant submitted to various campaigns, political action committees, and IRS 501(c)(4) organiza  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: A New York man was sentenced to 132 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin in New Jersey from locations in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Juan Carlos Merced Moreno, aka "Samuel," 45, of Manhattan, New York, pleaded guilty by videoconference on Dec. 2  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, July 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Gerard M. Karam, issued the following release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos Perez-Rivera, age 37, of West New York, New Jersey, was sentenced on July 20, 2023, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to 46 months' imprisonment on the charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to United States Attorney   more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, July 26 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a memorandum on June 6, 2023, entitled "Single Audit of the State of New Jersey for the Fiscal Ended June 30, 2022:" * * * MEMORANDUM To: Gina Clemons, Deputy Commissioner for Analytics, Review and Oversight From: Michelle L. Anderson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit Subject: Single Audit of the State of New Jersey for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 This memorandum present  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36676) entitled "New Jersey Transit Corp. - Acquisition Exemption - Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in the Counties of Morris and Warren, N.J.": * * * Digest:/1 The Board finds that the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) does not need Board authority to acquire certain rail assets owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The Board therefore grants NJ   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: A New Jersey man was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for conspiring to participate in a murder in connection with his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha, a violent international gang commonly known as MS-13. According to court documents, Jose Gimenez-Lobos, aka Terrible, 32, was a member and leader in an MS-13 clique in New Jers  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Aleksey Krylov, 42, of South Orange, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting theft from programs receiving federal funds. Krylov admitted to diverting $94,197.93 in federal abandoned mine land (AML) remediation sub-grant funds to Jerry D. Elkins, 54, of Danville, West Virginia, while Elkins was an employee of the W  more